Marine Protected Area Outreach, Education and Ambassador Programs September 2016 DRAFT Please send any corrections or additions to [email protected] List of programs by region DEL NORTE – page 6 1. Redwood State and National Parks Education 2. Crescent City Harbor District 3. North Coast District PORTS Distance Learning Program HUMBOLDT – page 6 1. Friends of the Dunes 2. Kayak Zak’s 3. Redwood Edventures 4. BLM - King Range 5. MPA IPA 6. Humboldt MPA Chocolate 7. North Coast Junior Lifeguards 8. Humboldt Area Saltwater Anglers MENDOCINO – page 9 1. Beach Watch - Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary 2. Mendocino Coast Audubon Society 3. Reef Check - North Coast Region 4. CA Indian Water Commission: 5. Mendocino Ab Watch 6. Potter Valley Tribe/Mendocino MPA Collaborative 7. Mendocino State Parks: 8. Noyo Marine Center - Docent Program 9. Mendocino High School SONAR (School of Natural Resources) SONOMA – page 12 1. Sonoma County Water Agency 2. Bodega Marine Lab 3. LIMPETS - Farallones National Marine Sanctuary 4. Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods 5. Sonoma State Parks 6. Sonoma Surfrider Chapter 7. Sea to school - Marine Mammal Center 8. Sonoma MPA Collaborative 9. Beach Watch (see description under Mendocino) GOLDEN GATE – page 13 1. Golden Gate Collaborative Ambassador Program 2. Beach Watch - See description under Mendocino 3. Citizen Science Program - Cal Academy of Sciences 4. Rocky Shore Naturalist Program (being phased out) - Cal Academy of Sciences 5. Point Reyes National Sanctuary 6. Marin MPA Watch (Environmental Action Committee of West Marin) 7. Shark Stewards 8. Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University 9. Seabird Protection Network 10. Aquarium of the Bay 11. LIMPETS – see description under Sonoma 12. Beach Watch (see description under Mendocino) SAN MATEO – page 20 1. Coastside Parks Association 2. San Mateo County Parks 3. Pigeon Point Light Station - Hostel 4. Half Moon Bay State Beach 5. Ano Nuevo State Park 6. Friends of Fitzgerald 7. Half Moon Bay State Junior Lifeguard program 8. Beach Watch - See description in Mendocino 9. California Academy of Sciences - See description in Golden Gate 10. Seabird Protection Network - See description in Golden Gate 2 SANTA CRUZ – page 24 1. California Marine Sanctuary Foundation 2. Junior Lifeguards 3. UC Santa Cruz Seymour Discovery Center - UCSC 4. O’Neill Sea Odyssey 5. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery 6. Save Our Shores 7. State Parks Natural Bridges 8. Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks 9. Sanctuary Exploration Center 10. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History MONTEREY – page 28 1. Monterey Collaborative - MPA Business Ambassadors 2. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Team Ocean and Bay Net 3. Elkhorn Slough Foundation 4. Monterey Bay Coastkeeper - The Otter Project 5. California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program 6. State Parks Monterey District 7. Point Lobos Foundation 8. The Marine Mammal Center, Monterey Bay Operations 9. Monterey Bay Aquarium 10. Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History 11. Big Sur Natural History Association SAN LUIS OBISPO – page 35 1. Central Coast Aquarium 2. Piedras Blancas Lightstation 3. Cambria Fishing Club 4. Friends of the Elephant Seal 5. Ken Norris Rancho Marino Reserve 6. Morro Bay Museum of Natural History 7. Morro Coast Audubon Society 8. San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper 9. San Luis Obispo State Parks 10. Northern Chumash (Yak tityu tityu yak tilhini) 11. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Coastal Discovery Center 12. Point Sur State Historic Park and Lighthouse 13. Friends of Fiscalini Ranch Preserve 3 SANTA BARBARA – page 42 1. Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 2. Santa Barbara Channel Collaborative 3. Coal Oil Point Reserve 4. Grey Whales Count 5. Santa Barbara Channelkeeper 6. Watershed Resource Center 7. SB Museum of Natural History LOS ANGELES – page 48 1. Heal the Bay 2. Los Angeles Collaborative 3. La County Junior Lifeguards 4. LA Waterkeeper 5. Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy 6. Wishtoyo Foundation & Ventura Coastkeeper 7. Los Serenos de Point Vicente - Docent Program ORANGE COUNTY– page 53 1. Crystal Cove Marine Protected Area Citizen Science Cruise 2. Newport Beach - Little Corona 3. City of Newport Beach 4. City of Laguna Beach 5. Laguna Ocean Foundation 6. Ocean Institute 7. Crystal Cove State Park 8. Dana Point State Beach 9. Pacific Marine Mammal Center 10. California Department of Fish and Wildlife Back Bay Science Center 11. Orange County Coastkeeper – MPA Watch 12. OCMPAC Orange Docent Program 13. Amigos de Bolsa Chica 14. Bolsa Chica Land Trust 4 SAN DIEGO – page 61 1. SEA Life Aquarium 2. San Diego Collaborative MPA Ambassador Program 3. WILDCOAST 4. Birch Aquarium 5. California State Parks - Swamis 6. Cabrillo National Monument 7. Outdoor Outreach 8. San Diego Coastkeeper 9. San Elijo Conservancy 10. Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation 11. San Diego Free Divers, Watermans Alliance, San Diego Council of Divers 12. Tijuana River Estuary 13. Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve Docent Program 5 DEL NORTE 1. Redwood State and National Parks Outreach and Education Contact: Brett Silver – [email protected] Program Description: Redwood State and National Parks maintains a staff of permanent and seasonal professional interpreters and volunteers. Skills include interpretive program development and presentation, interpretive training, wayside and publication design and development, outdoor education, and web and social media. Audience: Visitors to Redwood Parks; Students Resources: 5 Visitor Centers (some seasonal) between Orick and Crescent City; 2 outdoor education centers; Large social media presence; regularly scheduled interpretive programs (summer primarily) including coastal interpretation; wayside panels; publications https://www.nps.gov/redw/learn/education/index.htm Partners: Established partnerships between National Park Service, California State Parks, Yurok Tribe, and Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation 2. Crescent City Harbor District http://www.ccharbor.com/ Contact: Charlie Helms, Harbormaster Program Description: Charlie Helms is trying to start guided walks in the Crescent City Harbor. This would be an ideal venue for incorporating messages and materials about MPAs. 3. North Coast District PORTS Program Brief description of the project/program – The Parks Online Resources for Teachers and Students (PORTS) program is a free distance learning program that connects K-12 students with State Parks while aligning with Common Core standards. An “park ranger” (interpreter) videoconferences live with individual classrooms from either a green screen studio or from the from the field. The North Coast Redwoods PORTS program offers redwood ecology and salmon lifecycle videoconferences. The salmon lifecycle program has component that highlights Pyramid Point SMCA and how it may benefit salmon migration. Purpose or goal of the project/program: To provide high quality distance learning programs to K-12 students to teach Common Core curriculum in the context of California State Parks. 6 Intended Audience: – K-12 students; local and international. Primarily living in cities and inexperienced with parks and preserves. However, we also present to adults upon request. Frequency of events/trainings/tours: – 300 programs per year Partnership/participation incentives: – California Fish and Wildlife, Humboldt County Office of Education HUMBOLDT COUNTY 1. Friends of the Dunes Contact: Suzie Fortner: [email protected] Program Description: Docent- guided tours of dunes ecosystems, children’s field trips and classroom presentations, coastal naturalist trainings, wide range of interpretive materials, trailhead kiosks, Humboldt media promotion, participation in Cal Coast Snapshot BioBlitz. Audience: Families, general public Resources: http://www.friendsofthedunes.org/ MPAs incorporated into docent trainings/education efforts?: Samoa SMCA incorporated into BioBlitz and interpretive walk for Underwater Parks Day. MPA poster displayed in visitor center. Room for other MPA inclusion. 2. Kayak Zak’s Contact: [email protected] Program Description: Guided Kayak tours at Big Lagoon, Stone Lagoon, Trinidad Cove and Stone Lagoon Visitors Center Audience: Tourists, recreationalists Resources: www.Kayakzak.com + Facebook, Youtube MPAs incorporated into docent trainings/education efforts? Not currently but could 3. Redwood Edventures Contact: Beth Chaton : [email protected] Program Description: Salmon in the Classroom: Instructors and their students set up an aquarium in the classroom, receive fish eggs under a special CDFW permit, and observe the fish as they hatch and develop. 7 Get Outside and Explore: Series of short videos about the things you can find when visiting Humboldt County's Coastal Habitats. Quests: Scavenger hunts with interpretive clues that lead through many north coast parks. PORTS: video conference learning (see above) Audience: K-12 students and teachers Resources: http://www.redwood-edventures.org MPAs incorporated into docent trainings/education efforts? Some in PORTS, not in other programs yet 4. BLM - King Range Contact: Justin Robbins: [email protected] Program Description: Potential to train Wilderness Rangers to be MPA Ambassadors. Rangers hike the Lost Coast Trail every day and talk to a large number of hikers. Audience: Recreationalists Resources: http://www.blm.gov/publish/content/ca/en/prog/nlcs/King_Range_NCA.html MPAs incorporated into docent trainings/education efforts? Yes. Big Flat, Sea Lion Gulch 5. Humboldt